Metrospective Pro
Metrospective Pro publishes articles, podcasts and videos by Metropolia UAS staff and Master's students for professional audiences.
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Janset Shawash
Autonomous mobility in transition: ecosystem, governance and public value
In many forms, autonomous vehicles are already here. The more important question is no longer whether they are coming, but whether they will arrive in a form that is safe, useful, trusted, affordable, and aligned with public value.
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Ria Gynther
Responding to AI-driven industry change in game education
The pace of change in the game industry is placing increasing pressure on game education to keep up with professional practice. At the Game Educators’ Meeting 2026 in Helsinki, educators and industry representatives discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping the industry’s production models and competence requirements. Focus was on validation, practical learning and new approaches to recognising skills.
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Toini Palo, Salla Sipari
Collaborative relationships in RDI activities: A framework for co-creation as a form of collective learning in complexity
Building a collaborative relationship in RDI practice is an enigma that researchers have approached through multiple pathways within the “co-” landscape. In this article, we focus our attention on co-curiosity and co-agency as concepts that illuminate how reciprocal collaboration is enacted in practice and what it concretely and philosophically entails. We consider whether integrating these two perspectives could give rise to a new framework for co-creation, one capable of addressing complex phenomena and fostering lifelong collective learning and sustainable wellbeing.
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Pamela Spokes
U!REKA Change Agents engage students in challenge-based learning to develop skills for innovation
The future requires different skills than what previous generations have focused on. Challenge-based learning (CBL) has come out of these needs to equip students better for the future. U!REKA Change Agents programme is the European model for CBL. The 2025 edition of U!REKA Change Agents course was held in Helsinki.
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Krista Lounamaa, Liisa Nuutinen, Heini Maisala-McDonnell
Sustainable nursing careers: Building an age-friendly working life in healthcare
Based on a recent master’s study, we discuss in this article key barriers to sustainable nursing careers and propose organisational age‑management practices that can enable older nurses to continue working until retirement in a sustainable way.
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Janset Shawash, Leevi Rantala, Alicia Sudlerd
Walking Through the Future: Espoonlahti’s Health Centre in the Metaverse
Virtual worlds are not simply for play or a means of escapism. Increasingly this technology is becoming an instrument of real-world design, enabling greater democratic participation in the creation or modification of physical structures and environments. In this article, we trace the emergence of cityverse thinking from global experiments to Finnish initiatives and share our experience building a proof of concept.
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Hanna Repo Jamal, Päivi Vartiainen
Cultural differences experience by CALD nursing students – a follow-up study
The number of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students in Finnish higher education is increasing. The cultural differences they experience must be recognised and effectively integrated into the planning and implementation of education. The results presented in this article are part of an evaluation study on functionally bilingual nursing education.
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Pamela Spokes
The design is the event – why what happens before an innovation challenge matters most
In the context of innovation challenges, the theory of challenge-based learning is well-established. What is less well-documented is the practical design intelligence required to build a successful event. This article tells you how to do it.
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Henna Pohjola, Jussi Räisä, Arto Yli-Pentti
Trivalent chromium coating reduces carbon footprint in hydraulic machinery
This article explores the role of advanced surface engineering, specifically trivalent chromium coatings, in extending the lifecycle of hydraulic components and reducing associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Pamela Spokes
Campus to company: Why Finland should encourage student entrepreneurship
Finland has navigated economic transformation before: after gaining independence, after the Second World War, and during the recession of the 1990s. Today another transition may be underway as artificial intelligence begins to re-shape many entry-level jobs and jobs that include a lot of repetition.
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Janset Shawash
Beyond the buzzword – XR already works for businesses like yours
You have probably heard the terms augmented reality, virtual reality, or extended reality. Maybe you have placed virtual furniture in your living room or tried a social media filter. But when it comes to your own business, it is easy to dismiss XR as something for big brands with big budgets. That assumption is outdated.
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Saija Heinonen
Research ethics in RDI projects
Research ethics is not just a requirement for academic publications or formal studies. It is an integral element that affects nearly all Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) projects, both national and international, at multiple stages: from project planning and cooperation to data collection, analysis, authorship and dissemination of research results. In this article, I highlight a few key areas where ethical guidelines can support our daily work in RDI projects, drawing from my own experience in project management at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.